Daniel mcvaw



(No Model.)

' D MQVAW SHAFT SUPPORT,

Patented Oct. 1, 1889.

N. Pcrzns, Pteololithnmphzn Wnlvlnglon. nv a UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL MCVAIV, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO \VILLIAM F. BREWER, OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 411,828, dated October 1, 1889. Application filed April 29, 1889. Serial lilo. 308,961. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DANIEL MCVAW, a citizen of the United States, residing at Louisville, in the county of J elferson and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shaft-Supports, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to devices for securing the shafts or thills of carriages or wagons to the axle, and is designed as an improvement upon that for which Letters Patent of the United States No. 392,640 were issued, November 13, 1888.

The objects of the invention are, first, to prevent the shaft from being accidentally disconnected from the axle; second, to prevent rattling, and third, to produce a device of this general character that shall be cheap and inexpensive, and also eflicient.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved device; Fig. 2, a side view of the same, and Fig. 3 a sectional view.

A indicates the axle, and B the shafts or thills connected thereto by means of the coupling 0, all of which maybe of any desired construction.

D indicates a plate, which may be the ordinary clip-plate, forming a part of the thillcoupling, or a separate plate, as preferred, the said plate extending a little in advance of the axle, where it is connected to the lower end of a fiat spring-arm E, which latter is in turn bolted or otherwise rigidly secured at its opposite end to the shafts or thills B. The spring E will be pivotally connected with the plate by means of a bolt or stem F, as shown. The tendency of the spring is to keep the outer ends of the shafts up oif the ground and to retain them in their elevated position, and it will be seen that not only does. the spring prevent rattling, but it also prevents the shafts or thills from dropping upon the legs of the horse, should the coupling 0 become disconnected.

The construction herein shown and de scribed is simple and cheap, and is found to overcome the objections which exist in the prior construction to which I have above referred, in which the spring or plate is secured only at one end.

My invention is designed, primarily, for use in connection with that class of vehicles in which the body is independent of and not supported by the shafts, the spring-plate that I employ being used not for the purpose of aidin g in supporting and adjusting the body,

but for the purpose of holding the shafts up in their elevated position and for preventing their falling upon the horses heels in case the thill-coupling should become detached or broken.

Having thus described my invention, whatI claim is- 1. In a vehicle in which the body is independent of the shafts, the combination, with axle A, of the shafts B, connected therewith by a coupling 0, a plate D, secured to the axle, and projecting in advance thereof, a spring E, secured at its forward end to the under side of the shafts, and a bolt F, pivotally connecting the rear end of the spring with the plate D, all substantially as shown.

2. In a vehicle in which the body is independent of the shafts, the combination, with axle A, shafts B, and coupling 0, of a springarm E, secured at its forward end to the under side of the shafts and at its rear end to the axle, and provided with a joint at a point between its ends, all substantially as shown and described.

In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

DANIEL MCVAIV.

Witnesses:

WM. F. BREWER, FRED Evans. 

